Willem de Pannemaker / Tapestry / ca. 1550Willem de Pannemaker
Tapestry
ca. 1550

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Creator Name: Pannemaker, Willem de
Creator Qualifier: Workshop of
Creator Name-CRT: Willem de Pannemaker
Title: Tapestry
Title Type: Object name
Title: The Bridal Chamber of Herse
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1540
Creation End Date: 1560
Creation Date: ca. 1550
Object Type: Textiles
Classification Term: Textiles-Tapestries
Materials and Techniques: Wool, silk, silver, silver-gilt thread
Materials and Techniques: 20-22 warps per in., 8-9 per cm
Dimensions: 14 ft. 5 in. x 17 ft. 8 in. (439.4 x 538.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 41.190.135
Credit Line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

The story of the love affair between the god Mercury, son and messenger of Jupiter, and Herse, one of the three daughters of King Cecrops of Athens, is told in the 'Metamorphoses' of Ovid; however, the particular scene depicted in 'The Bridal Chamber of Herse' is not described in the text. Basing his composition and the figure of Herse on, Caraglio's print after Rapahel's 'Marriage of Alexander and Roxana,' the unknown tapestry designer-either an Italian follower of Raphael or a Flemish artist with an Italianate style-created a palpable moment: Mercury steps from his sandals as he rushes forward toward his beloved; cupids remove his cloak, draw back the bed hangings, and take off a modest Herse's slipper. Woven in Brussels in the preeminent tapestry atelier of Willem de Pannemaker (whose mark appears in the lower right corner), the tapestry demonstrates the weavers' virtuosity in depicting the details of the lush interior replete with elaborately patterned wall hangings and bed furnishings. The borders are thematically unrelated to the main scene. The side figures, representing the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Charity and the Cardinal Virtue of Justice, are copied from designs first used for one of Raphael's 'Acts of the Apostles' tapestries; in the lower border the figures of Love, Fortitude, Temperance, and Diligence are based on another source and are probably Flemish in origin.


AMICA ID: MMA_.41.190.135
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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